Time for Tea
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Re: Favourite brand of tea?
Right, here are a few tea-related things I didn't know, as presented by a tea expert in this excerpt from BBC Radio 2's breakfast show last month... I had never stopped to think about the shape and material of a teapot before (I'm afraid I'm a straight-from-the-kettle-into-the-cup pourer, even with leaf tea ) and I'd never heard of cold brewing!!
In other news, to my horror, my local Sainsbury's has stopped stocking my favourite posh flavour, Twinings China Rose, and I don't know anywhere else that sells it... It's still available online, but that would mean paying postage and it's not cheap tea in the first place. Although I did just find an offer from Amazon with 4 boxes of it for £9.15 (a saving of 81p off the retail price, which isn't huge, but it's still a discount) and their usual free delivery for any order over £20. Maybe next time I want to buy some books from Amazon and need a bit extra to take it over the £20 for free delivery...
In other news, to my horror, my local Sainsbury's has stopped stocking my favourite posh flavour, Twinings China Rose, and I don't know anywhere else that sells it... It's still available online, but that would mean paying postage and it's not cheap tea in the first place. Although I did just find an offer from Amazon with 4 boxes of it for £9.15 (a saving of 81p off the retail price, which isn't huge, but it's still a discount) and their usual free delivery for any order over £20. Maybe next time I want to buy some books from Amazon and need a bit extra to take it over the £20 for free delivery...
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Favourite brand of tea?
Sorry to hear about your tea bags Courtenay. Our local Sainsburys seems to be going a bit down the pan - could it be because of the merger?
A friend recently made me a cup of tea with a tea bag - see below - I said I liked it very much so she gave me two more tea bags to take home for my wife and I to try together.
Perhaps a bit pricey for our tastes - although very nice!
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A friend recently made me a cup of tea with a tea bag - see below - I said I liked it very much so she gave me two more tea bags to take home for my wife and I to try together.
Perhaps a bit pricey for our tastes - although very nice!
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Re: Favourite brand of tea?
Very pretty, but I assume the resulting tea doesn't taste like goldfish.
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Re: Favourite brand of tea?
How would you know? Unless of course you have actually tasted goldfishCourtenay wrote:Very pretty, but I assume the resulting tea doesn't taste like goldfish.
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There is that
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It tasted very delicate,light and refreshing. For the cost of three of these tea bags I could buy a decent malt or perhaps a very good carrot cake and have change!
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Re: Favourite brand of tea?
Right now, I am obsessed with Persian chai. It's the best type of tea ever!! Love it so much that I just can't stop drinking it. Haha
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Re: Favourite brand of tea?
Is that made with tealeaves and spices to brew up in a pot, Machupicchu, or ready in a teabag? I see Twinings have a new chai out, loose tea in pyramids, but haven't got round to trying it so far!
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I was about to say I loved Persian chai when I realised I had posted that ages ago lol
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It's in a teabag already...floragord wrote:Is that made with tealeaves and spices to brew up in a pot, Machupicchu, or ready in a teabag? I see Twinings have a new chai out, loose tea in pyramids, but haven't got round to trying it so far!
And it's the most delicious kind of tea I have ever tasted. Can't wait to go to Iran where people always offer and invite you to drink chai with them.
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Re: Favourite brand of tea?
I'm a bit confused about the 'loose tea in pyramids' reference...surely if its in a pyramid, its not 'loose tea'...? Or have I misinterpreted what was written?floragord wrote:I see Twinings have a new chai out, loose tea in pyramids, but haven't got round to trying it so far!
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Re: Time for Tea
Thought I'd revive the tea thread (well, a cup of tea is most reviving!) to mention some teabags I've just discovered - Yorkshire Tea Malty Biscuit Brew. They make a comforting brew with the taste and fragrance (very pleasant and not too overpowering) of malted milk biscuits. Just the job on a cold winter's day, and I know my daughter will like them too.
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Re: Time for Tea
Hmmm, since saying on this thread a few years ago that I don't touch the stuff because of all the fiddling around with teabags, I now have two cups of Twinings Green Tea a day for health reasons. Apparently green tea helps to slow the advancement of cataracts.
Quite nice as well. And despite what I said before, I haven't yet scalded my fingers!
Quite nice as well. And despite what I said before, I haven't yet scalded my fingers!
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Re: Time for Tea
Somehow, we have three large boxes on the go at the moment, co-op99, PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea.
The water used to make tea makes such a difference don't you agree?
Our tap water is awful. Our filtered water is better. When we go on holiday to mid Wales the normal tap water makes a sublime cupp!
The water used to make tea makes such a difference don't you agree?
Our tap water is awful. Our filtered water is better. When we go on holiday to mid Wales the normal tap water makes a sublime cupp!
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Ah yes - my mum and her husband are in North Wales (a short walk from Gwrych Castle, as it happens!) and their water is lovely and soft. I live in a hard water area here in Wiltshire, as I did in Essex, but luckily I don't mind tea made with hard water.
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